From Chateau Bouscasse by Alain Brumont
500ml bottle

The late November picking of the Petit Manseng produces Brumaire. The grapes have almost reached their fullest concentration and the resulting wine is truly superb having the typical candied fruit aromas. An aromatic richness and pronounced acidity maintains a beautiful balance and freshness not overpowered by excessive sweetness. Pacherenc du Vic Bilh are sophisticated and impressive. Enjoy now and to 2012.

Enjoy as an aperitif, with Foies Gras, pate, terrine, blue and sheep milk cheeses, fruit and desserts. Serve well chilled.

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Terroir: Chalky-clay soil of the best terroirs

Grape Varieties: 100% Petit Manseng from 10 to 20 year old vines.

Cultivation: Yield of 10 to 15 hl/ha from planting of 4,500 plants per hectare. Sustained farming, buds and bunch selection, thinning of leaves and bunches. To maintain quality, hand harvested in small containers holding only one layer of bunches.

Vinification: Whole berry pressing with juice selection after pressing. Fermentation in new barrels is stopped by lowering the temperature of the voat.

Ageing: On the lees, 8 to 12 months in new French oak barrels.

Brumaire was the second month in the French Republican Calendar created by Napoleon. The month was named after the French word brume, meaning mist, which occurs frequently at that time of the year.  Brumaire was the second month of the autumn quarter (mois d'automne). It started late October and ended late November. It follows the Vendémiaire and precedes the Frimaire. These are the names of the other 2 Pacherenc du Vic Bilh wines from Alain Brumont.

In political & historical usage, Brumaire also refers to the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire in the year VIII (9 November 1799) when General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the government of the Directory to replace it with the Consulate.